Apples on Auction for Harvest Festival

With a few days to go until the Harvest Moon Festival (Chuseok), an apple auction took place on September 14 at the agricultural wholesale market of Mokhaeng-dong, Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do. The city of Chungju, well known for its Hongno type of apples, holds a large-scale apple auction every year near the festival.

Byoung-Ki Kang arche@donga.com